2020-2021 Season

  • September 4

    Pulsat Percussion

     in Coimbra, Portugal

    Pulsat Percussion performs Goldbeater’s Skin at Convento São Francisco More Info

  • September 5

    On Being Wrong

     at Custer Observatory

    Cellist Mariel Roberts performs On Being Wrong in a live outdoor performance at Under the Stars at Custer Observatory, Long Island. More Info

  • October 7

    Recovering

     at U of Michigan

    Contemporary Directions Ensemble, conducted by Adrian Slywotzky, performs recovering in a livestream. More Info

  • October 13

    CANCELLED: Will There Be Singing

     in Czech Republic

    CANCELLED: The Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andreas Sebastian Weiser, performs Will There be Singing in their 2020 Music Forum festival. More Info

  • October 17

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     in San Francisco

    As part of SF Trolley Dances’ 2020 Festival on Oct. 17 & 18, Post:Ballet will premiere A Natural History of Vacant Lots at SF’s Museum of Craft and Design. This video performance will be presented online and features Post:Ballet’s Music Director Andy Meyerson performing Chris Cerrone’s ‘A History of Vacant Lots.’  The film will stream at 2 EDT each day. More Info

  • October 18

    Tim Munro

     in Bang on a Can livestream

    Tim Munro performs selections from Liminal Highway in BOAC’s 4th live streamed Marathon. More Info

  • November 5

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     in Rome

    Flavio Tanzi performs A Natural History of Vacant Lots during Cerimoniali ritmici festival in the Accademia Filarmonica Romana. More Info

  • November 9

    Violin Sonata

     at University of Washington

    Violinist Rachel Lee Priday and Timo Andres perform works by Stravinsky, Cerrone, Julia Wolfe, Andres, Holcomb, and Copland in a livestreamed concert. More Info

  • November 11

    Goldbeater's Skin

     at Kansas State

    At 7:30 p.m. CST, the Percussion Ensemble performs Goldbeater’s Skin on the K-State Music facebook page. More Info

  • November 14

    CANCELLED: Can't and Won't

     in Ventspils, Latvia

    Can’t and Won’t will be programmed in Judd Greenstein’s Ecstatic Latvia 2020. More Info

  • November 17

    Unrelenting

     at Italian Consulate of New York

    The NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, Consulate General of Italy in New York, and Magazzino Italian Art are pleased to present an outdoor screening of Francesco Simeti’s video work Unrelenting (2020). The artwork will be projected in largescale on the exterior of the Consulate building, visible on the southwest corner of 69th street and Park Avenue.

    For Homemade, Simeti chose to investigate these themes through a previously unexplored medium. Over the course of two months, he created a series of animations that expose how nature emerged as humans retreated indoors during the pandemic. As we watch intertwined webs of foliage appear from both horizontal and vertical perspectives, we are reminded of our everyday experience of watching nature gradually come into view during the quarantine. His inclusion of music composed by his dear friend and collaborator Chris Cerrone adds an element of magical mystique that mirrors our wonder for nature while simultaneously introducing an eerie and alarming call to action. More Info

  • November 18

    Beaufort Scales Part 1 premiere

     on the internet

    Join Christopher Cerrone, Beth Willer, and members of Lorelei Ensemble for the video premiere of ‘Sea Like a Mirror’ from Beaufort Scales. This stimulating one-hour program is a sneak-peak of Christopher’s composition scheduled to premiere in 2022. Hear the inside perspective from Christopher and Beth, who will be joined by Hannah Wasileski, and enjoy live performances from the artists. More Info

  • December 3

    "Liminal Highway" as part of Breath of Death Pavilion

     at Miami Beach Botanical Garden

    Begin your experience with the magnificent multimedia performance by the New York Times-celebrated flutist and performer Margaret Lancaster, telling a story of pandemic during which her instrument/voice became weaponized. In the garden gazebo’s Breath of Death Pavilion, Lancaster will ‘safely’ present a carefully crafted program of contemporary compositions selected from an international call, including those by Dorothy Hindman, Alex Lough, Elizabeth Adams, Christopher Cerrone, Yi Ding, Moritz Eggert, Elizabeth Hoffman, Anne LeBaron, Eric Lyon, Milica Paranosic, and Jacob TV. Alex Lough will accompany Lancaster on electronics. More Info

  • December 4

    "Liminal Highway" as part of Breath of Death Pavilion

     at Miami Beach Botanical Garden

    Begin your experience with the magnificent multimedia performance by the New York Times-celebrated flutist and performer Margaret Lancaster, telling a story of pandemic during which her instrument/voice became weaponized. In the garden gazebo’s Breath of Death Pavilion, Lancaster will ‘safely’ present a carefully crafted program of contemporary compositions selected from an international call, including those by Dorothy Hindman, Alex Lough, Elizabeth Adams, Christopher Cerrone, Yi Ding, Moritz Eggert, Elizabeth Hoffman, Anne LeBaron, Eric Lyon, Milica Paranosic, and Jacob TV. Alex Lough will accompany Lancaster on electronics. More Info

  • December 5

    "Liminal Highway" as part of Breath of Death Pavilion

     at Miami Beach Botanical Garden

    Begin your experience with the magnificent multimedia performance by the New York Times-celebrated flutist and performer Margaret Lancaster, telling a story of pandemic during which her instrument/voice became weaponized. In the garden gazebo’s Breath of Death Pavilion, Lancaster will ‘safely’ present a carefully crafted program of contemporary compositions selected from an international call, including those by Dorothy Hindman, Alex Lough, Elizabeth Adams, Christopher Cerrone, Yi Ding, Moritz Eggert, Elizabeth Hoffman, Anne LeBaron, Eric Lyon, Milica Paranosic, and Jacob TV. Alex Lough will accompany Lancaster on electronics. More Info

  • December 6

    POSTPONED: Violin Sonata

     at The Phillips Collection

    Violinist Rachel Lee Priday and Timo Andres perform works by Stravinsky, Cerrone, Julia Wolfe, Andres, Holcomb, and Copland on The Phillips Collection Sunday Concerts series. More Info

  • December 9

    All Wounds Bleed

     on U of M livestream

    The University Opera Theatre showcases two new works—each around 30 minutes in length—in a stripped down performance on the University of Michigan’s North Campus.

    The first opera, ALL WOUNDS BLEED, is a re-telling of the myth of Echo & Narcissus in three scenes and an epilogue, composed by Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Cerrone with libretto by Tony Asaro. It features three vocalists—a soprano, a mezzo, and a tenor—as nymph Echo, goddess Hera, and self-adoring Narcissus, respectively.

    The second opera, DAUGHTERS OF THE BLOODY DUKE, is a dark comedic one-act opera written by Jake Runestad, in which Margot, the young daughter of the Bloody Duke of Ravenswood, must choose between love and the demands of her revenge-crazed family. More Info

  • January 16

    Hub New Music Premiere

     in Arizona

    Hub New Music premieres my new chamber work New Addresses via livestream through Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. More Info

  • January 28

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     in Virtual Concert

    Andy Meyerson and Post:Ballet perform A Natural Histroy of Vacant Lots. More Info

  • February 4

    Shall I Project a World?

     in NYC

    Postponed: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents New Milestones: Rhyme and Repetition at the Rose Studio. More Info

  • March 1

    Double Happiness

     at UNCG

    In the Faculty Artist Series, pianist Annie Jeng performs Double Happiness with Eric Willie in a limited in-person and virtual stream event. More Info

  • March 1

    Memory Palace

     in Georgia College stream

    Percussionist Keith Aleo performs selections of Memory Palace in a Facebook livestream, presented by Georgia College. More Info

  • March 21

    Liminal Highway

     in chatter ABQ stream

    Jesse Taturn, of chatter ABQ, performs Liminal Highway in their Sunday Chatter stream. More Info

  • April 2

    Trumpet/Tuba Concerto Premiere

     in Cincinnati, OH

    Cincinatti Symphony premieres my Concerto for Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra [CSO Commission], enclosed by Thorvaldsdottir’s Aeriality and Holst’s Planets. More Info

  • April 8

    The Branch Will Not Break

     in Dallas, TX

    Postponed: April 8-10, Verdigris Ensemble performs The Branch Will Not Break at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. More Info

  • April 9

    Phase Ensemble

     in live stream

    Phase Ensemble’s series Halcyon will feature a mix of beautiful new music by co-founders Stephen Eckert and H.P. McGowan, as well as incredible works by Hope Aria, Holly winter, Christopher Cerrone, Carlo Domeniconi, and Agustín Castilla-Ávila. Stephen Eckert will be performing “Hoyt-Schermerhorn” More Info

  • April 9

    A Body, Moving Premiere

     in Cincinnati, OH

    On April 9-11 in three performances, The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra premieres A Body, Moving for solo trumpet and tuba and orchestra. More Info

  • April 11

    Memory Palace

     at UNC Greensboro

    The UNCG Percussion Ensemble performs the quartet version of Memory Palace in Tew Recital Hall and livestreamed. More Info

  • April 16

    Liminal Highway

     in Cologne

    Sarah Heeman performs Liminal Highway as part of electronic_id’s program at FUNKT-festival at 7:33PM. More Info

  • April 17

    NY Pops Up!

     in McCarren Park

    Pianists Conor Hanick and Adam Tendler perform an outdoor, pop-up concert that includes Arching Path and works by Julius Eastman and Nico Muhly. More Info

  • April 17

    The Night Mare

     in NWS stream

    Members of the New World Symphony performs The Night Mare, led by conductor Edwin Outwater. More Info

  • April 20

    Memory Palace

     in Andernach, Germany

    In “The Rhine on Castle Namedy Chamber Concert”, percussionists from the Rheinische Philharmonie. More Info

  • April 20

    ACO & Jennifer Koh

     at Carnegie Hall

    Violinist Jennifer Koh’s ongoing exploration of “The New American Concerto” provides the impetus for works by Christopher Cerrone and Lisa Bielawa. Koh’s initiative encourages composers to engage with the issues of the day and respond to them with a violin concerto. Cerrone’s “Breaks and Breaks” features intense dialogues between solo violin and orchestra as they comment on current affairs. More Info

  • April 27

    Double Happiness

     at Northern Illinois U

    Noel Streacker performs Double Happiness in his Masters Recital in an NIU concert and livestream at 8:30pm CST. More Info

  • April 28

    Why Was I Born Between Mirrors?

     in Ball State livestream

    The Ball State New Music Ensemble presents their spring concert in Sursa Performance Hall under the direction of Amelia Kaplan. More Info

  • April 30

    Hoyt-Schermerhorn

     in UOttawa stream

    Stephen Eckert performs solo piano works by Arnold Schoenberg, Olivier Messiaen, Gyorgy Ligeti, Pierre Boulez, Missy Mazzoli, Christopher Cerrone, and Franz Liszt at 6:15pm. More Info

  • May 1

    The Last Message Received

     in Chicago

    The Northwestern University Chorus and Orchestra present the premiere of The Last Message Received under the baton of Donald Nally.

  • May 21

    All Over Everywhere

     in livestream

    Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty will present All Over Everywhere (May 21-22) streaming live as a part of MITU 580’s Artists-at-Home program, featuring vibrant reactive sound score by Chris Cerrone. More Info

  • May 23

    Passagework premiere

     at UCLA

    In his UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Faculty Recital, David Kaplan performs new works by Anthony Cheung and Christopher Cerrone, plus fantasy form works by L. Couperin, Mozart, and Beethoven on harpsichord and fortepiano More Info

  • June 5

    Natural History

     in Rome

    Blow Up percussion performs Natural History of Vacant Lots at Sala Casella in their Cerimoniali Ritmici 2021. More Info

  • June 6

    New Addresses

     in Boston

    Hub New Music performs New Addresses in the Ashmont Hill Chamber Music at 4pm, along with works by Michael Ippolito and Carlos Simon. More Info

  • June 11

    Sonic Innovations

     at Caramoor

    June 11-October 10: in“C” (2021), created by sound artist Trimpin, is an interactive kinetic sculpture shaped as a 16-foot high double letter C, featuring music by Christopher Cerrone, Anna Clyne, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, and Trimpin himself. More Info

  • June 12

    Hub

     in Connecticut

    Hub New Music performs my new chamber work, New Addresses, in Connecticut Summerfest stream at 8pm. More Info

  • June 23

    Hoyt-Schermerhorn

     in Cal Poly Pomona stream

    The Cal Poly Pomona Electronic Music Ensemble directed by Isaac Schankler presents a concert of music from home, including Hoyt-Schermerhorn, performed by Lucius Johnson. More Info

  • July 11

    Memory Palace

     in Porland, OR

    Third Angle’s rockstar percussionist Chris Whyte takes center stage in Christopher Cerrone’s haunting work Memory Palace. Also featuring the world premiere of Whyte’s newest composition about Oregon winemaking, alongside works of Andy Akiho and Andrew Rodriguez, with guests Valdine Mishkin, cello, and Sarah Tiedemann, flute. More Info

  • July 24

    Why Was I Born Between Mirrors?

     in PNME Online

    Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble will focus on two different recordings we’ve made of Christopher Cerrone’s Why Was I Born Between Mirrors, and a new recording we have co-commissioned of Andy Akiho’s “mARImbA” from his larger work Seven Pillars featuring the incredible Ian Rosenbaum. More Info

  • July 24

    Will there be singing?

     at University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

    Will there be Singing? is featured in the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute orchestral performance. More Info

  • July 29

    I Will Learn to Love a Person

     in Santa Barbara, CA

    Music Academy of the West’s X2 Series features faculty Conor Hanick and Michael Werner in Hahn Hall. More Info

  • August 13

    Liminal Highway

     in virtual NFA Convention

    See a screening of Liminal Highway, performed by Tim Munro, in the Friday Gala Concert in the National Flute Association’s virtual convention at 8:00pm. More Info

  • August 21

    Cello premiere

     in Oranjewoud, Netherlands

    Johannes Moser invites you to an immersive sound experience in the middle of the nature of Oranjewoud. Composers Chris Cerrone, Timo Andres, Annie Gosfield, Nina Young, Ellen Reid and Ted Hearne wrote the music especially for this project. More Info